Vengeance from the Deep - Book Two: Blood of the Necala by Elliott Russ

Author:Elliott, Russ [Elliott, Russ]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

THE HUNT FROM LAND

From a balcony of the Seaside Hotel, Kota continued to stare out over the night sea. So far so good, he thought. In the last half hour he’d only seen one helicopter and heard no more explosions. I must get moving. There is much to do and little time. He turned around and looked through the sliding glass door where he found Kolegwa sitting at the foot of the bed, mesmerized by the magic of television.

As Kota entered the room, Kolegwa stood up, still in his lime green pants, and excitedly pointed to the images on the screen.

“Relax . . . I’ll explain it to you later!” Kota said, then picked up the remote and turned down the volume.

Kolegwa raised his shoulders, palms up, as if to say, “Why’d you do that?” Kota just waved him away.

Sitting on the side of the bed, Kota took John’s wallet out of his shirt pocket. Carefully, he slid each item from the wallet and spread them out on the nightstand next to the telephone.

He pulled out a tattered business card. Turning the card over, he saw the word “cell” and a telephone number written in faded red marker. He laid it on the nightstand and dialed the number. Eight rings later, the voice of an elderly woman answered, “Hello.” Kota did not respond immediately and the woman prompted, “Kate, is that you?”

“Is this Professor Atkins?”

“Yes, it is. Who . . . who’s calling me at this ungodly hour?”

“I’m trying to reach John,” replied Kota as he quickly opened the wallet to John’s driver’s license. “John Paxton.”

“No, John isn’t here. In fact, I tried to reach him several hours ago myself, but he wasn’t in.”

“Do you have a phone number or address where he’s staying?”

“Yes. I believe he’s still staying with Kate at Alexander Aviation, her Simon’s Town office. Would you like the number?”

Kota slid his fingers through the business cards on the table. “No, I have it.”

“Are you with the Navy? What did you say your name—?” Kota hung up abruptly.

He turned to Kolegwa with a wide grin. “Looks like the hunt is on!”

Kota put on his jacket and slid the business cards into his pocket. Then he leaned over and took out a wad of African rand bills from a briefcase beside the bed. Heading for the door, he muttered to Kolegwa, “I must go out. Do not leave the room until I get back.”

Kolegwa nodded without breaking his gaze from the strange vibrant images on the black box in front of him.

Kota paused at the doorway, thinking. Then he grinned mischievously. He walked back to the bed, retrieved the remote, and changed the channel from cartoons to a rerun of The Terminator.

“There . . . that’s more like it!” He laughed as he walked out the door.

~~~

Kate was pacing the airport office, hands flying in the air as she spoke, while John sat silently on the couch. “Well, at least the Navy’s back on our side. And after what just happened, you can bet Admiral Hot Head will be motivated to stop the creature.

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